Key pointsPolice recorded crime In 2016/17, there were 80,393 offences recorded by the police in which one or more hate crimestrands were deemed to be a motivating factor. This was an increase of 29 per cent comparedwith the 62,518 hate crimes recorded in 2015/16, the largest percentage increase seen sincethe series began in 2011/12. The increase over the last year is thought to reflect both a genuine rise in hate crime around thetime of the EU referendum and also due to ongoing improvements in crime recording by thepolice. The Office for National Statistics have stated that increases in recent years in policerecorded violence against the person and public order offences have been driven byimprovements in police recording. Around nine in ten hate crime offences recorded by the policeare in these two offence groups. There was a further increase in police recorded hate crime following the Westminster Bridgeterrorist attack on 22 March 2017. The number of hate crime offences in 2016/17 for the five centrally monitored strands were asfollows: 62,685 (78%) were race hate crimes; 9,157 (11%) were sexual orientation hate crimes; 5,949 (7%) were religious hate crimes; 5,558 (7%) were disability hate crimes; and 1,248 (2%) were transgender hate crimes.It is possible for a hate crime offence to have more than one motivating factor which is why theabove numbers sum to more than 80,393 and 100 per cent

UK racism is shameful. We do not try to deny it.

based on those stats, the UK is about 200 times more racist in absolute terms ...... or 13 times more racist on a per capita basis

yeah but in Ireland there's fewer foreigners so it's obvious there'd be less racism. That's like asking why there's so little racism in Estonia.

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Mick Mannock wrote:

It might look different if Ireland kept better records

Unfortunately due to the odd tate-a-tate with perfidious Albion over the years, our records were susceptible to the odd stick of dynamite ( 19th century )/ gelignite (20th century...early part )........ Apols will try to do better next time.

Key pointsPolice recorded crime In 2016/17, there were 80,393 offences recorded by the police in which one or more hate crimestrands were deemed to be a motivating factor. This was an increase of 29 per cent comparedwith the 62,518 hate crimes recorded in 2015/16, the largest percentage increase seen sincethe series began in 2011/12. The increase over the last year is thought to reflect both a genuine rise in hate crime around thetime of the EU referendum and also due to ongoing improvements in crime recording by thepolice. The Office for National Statistics have stated that increases in recent years in policerecorded violence against the person and public order offences have been driven byimprovements in police recording. Around nine in ten hate crime offences recorded by the policeare in these two offence groups. There was a further increase in police recorded hate crime following the Westminster Bridgeterrorist attack on 22 March 2017. The number of hate crime offences in 2016/17 for the five centrally monitored strands were asfollows: 62,685 (78%) were race hate crimes; 9,157 (11%) were sexual orientation hate crimes; 5,949 (7%) were religious hate crimes; 5,558 (7%) were disability hate crimes; and 1,248 (2%) were transgender hate crimes.It is possible for a hate crime offence to have more than one motivating factor which is why theabove numbers sum to more than 80,393 and 100 per cent

UK racism is shameful. We do not try to deny it.

based on those stats, the UK is about 200 times more racist in absolute terms ...... or 13 times more racist on a per capita basis

yeah but in Ireland there's fewer foreigners so it's obvious there'd be less racism. That's like asking why there's so little racism in Estonia.

The only explanation can be that in England, the pedigree Anglo-Saxon male with his rippling muscles, light hair, beefy stature and blue eyes is so comfortable with his position in society that he doesn't ever feel any racial anger.

Whereas in Ireland, the swarthy micks feel the need to take out their anger on Pablo/Ahmed/Giorgiu.